This benchmarking study from ESI International identifies the trends impacting the project management function in IT industry in three areas: PMO maturity, measuring and reporting on PMO effectiveness, as well as training involvement. 

This global benchmarking study from ESI international identifies the key challenges and successes experienced by project and programme management offices (PMO) and draws recommendations for the future. 

This short resource outlines a case study following Mar-Bal on their selection process and implementation of an improved ERP system and the benefits they experienced as a result. 

This week’s Computer Weekly examines research that suggests CEOs want to invest in IT more than ever, but still see CIOs as technical experts and not business people. We review SQL Server 2012 and ask if Microsoft's database software is catching its competitors as well as concluding our Buyer's Guide to data security. 

This week’s Computer Weekly asks what chancellor George Osborne's Budget means for the UK IT community and if he can deliver his goal to make Britain "the technology centre of Europe". Also you'll find the final part of our private cloud Buyer's Guide and we examine the options for choosing the right WAN optimisation strategy. 

This paper reviews SAP's efforts over the last several years to expand and enhance its product lifecycle management (PLM) offerings. It describes their current PLM portfolio and how they bring their solutions to market. 

The UK public sector is in the midst of a period of transformation and improving citizen engagement will be key to the success of this change. 

Read this paper to learn how the changing face of customer loyalty is affecting retailers now and in the future. Learn how to gain advantage from more adept use of technology and data, and the importance of effective customer insight to stay attuned to fast-changing customer behavior and sentiments. 

This research from management consultants, Xantus, shows that while there is still a lack of clarity and a reluctance to fully commit to the cloud, there is a general acceptance from CIOs of the benefits and a growing commitment to develop those benefits. 

As more and more human activity moves online, it is easy to think that geography no longer matters—surely the internet is without borders? Whilst in some cases this is true, more often than not online activity spills over into the real world. 

<div>In the expert guide discover how the right enterprise resource planning (ERP) strategy can increase overall efficiency and visibility in your enterprise. Learn 6 steps to evaluating ERP vendors, 8 questions that will help you determine your organization’s ERP needs, and much more.</div> 

There are lots enterprise resource planning (ERP) options and services that can help smaller businesses take advantage of the benefits of ERP while minimizing the risk of a system implementation. Read more inside to compare the performance results of SMBs with ERP to SMBs without ERP and discover exactly how beneficial the system can be.